Challenges in Tourism ResearchTej Vir Singh In this volume leading experts from different disciplines and diverse geographic regions discuss fundamental, often controversial topics in the field of tourism studies. The book attempts to understand, identify and analyse some of the perennial problems and challenges encountered by tourism researchers. The debates include topics such as the concept of the ‘tourist’, the long-term sustainability of tourism development, the growth of volunteer tourism and the vulnerability of tourism. Bringing together the collective wisdom of 37 renowned tourism scholars in a unique format, this is an important text for undergraduate and postgraduate students, tourism researchers and industry professionals. |
Contents
Chapters | |
Who Are PostTourists? | |
Grand Narratives David Dunn | |
Is Tourist a Secular Pilgrim or a Hedonist in Search | |
Do Tourists Travel for the Discovery of Self or to Search | |
Is Volunteerism a New Avatar of Travelism? | |
Tourism is More Sinned Against than Sinning | |
Is the Concept of Sustainability Utopian? Ideally Perfect | |
Wheeller | |
What is Wrong with the Concept of Carrying Capacity? | |
Capacities Gene Brothers | |
McArthur | |
Are the Stakeholders | |
The Unmet Challenge | |
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